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Glaswegians in 1405 had a better diet than the citizens of 2005, eating their “five-a-day” 600 years ahead of its time.
Food and Drink 2009
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To counteract this, Parenting Matters proposes a universal "five-a-day" campaign, drawing on research from neuroscience that reveals that the mind has remarkable plasticity: a baby's brain literally grows the greater the positive stimuli.
Social mobility: We must invest in parents as well as babies | Observer editorial 2011
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In which case, here's the Innocent website so you can get an insight into the Brown brand (although I doubt he'll provide two of your five-a-day).
The Brown brand 2010
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In which case, here's the Innocent website so you can get an insight into the Brown brand (although I doubt he'll provide two of your five-a-day).
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These days not only do we have that message shoved down our throats, we are also bombarded with horror stories of child obesity and the huge rise in popularity of sedentary children's activities (favoured because they'll be abducted if they're allowed to play out, so we're led to believe), plus the five-a-day fruit-and-veg diktat.
Arabella Weir: I weighed my parents' love on the bathroom scales Arabella Weir 2010
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In which case, here's the Innocent website so you can get an insight into the Brown brand (although I doubt he'll provide two of your five-a-day).
The Brown brand 2010
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In which case, here's the Innocent website so you can get an insight into the Brown brand (although I doubt he'll provide two of your five-a-day).
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A “five-a-day” programme of social and personal activities can improve mental wellbeing, much as eating fruit and vegetables enhances physical health, according to Foresight, the government think-tank.
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As I say in my News of the World column today it means that every five-a-day adviser, every unnecessary junket at a five-star hotel, will be up for all to see.
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Not only the easy targets of cottaging co-ordinators and five-a-day fascists, but all of it.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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